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MONEY
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3 seasons · 8 episodes total · ~3 per season.
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Hornblower
1998 3 seasons · 8 eps English
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BANGER
★7.8TMDB · 35
DramaWar & PoliticsAction & Adventure
Synopsis
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Set during the 18th century Napoleonic Wars, Horatio Hornblower, a young and shy midshipman, rises through the ranks to become an admiral.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
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Cast
Ioan Gruffudd
Horatio Hornblower
Paul McGann
William Bush
Robert Lindsay
Sir Edward Pellew
Paul Copley
Matthews
Sean Gilder
Styles
Julia Sawalha
Maria Mason
Created by
C. S. Forester
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RUNTIME
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Short-form: under 10 episodes, so binge-completable in a weekend.
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RUNTIME
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Roughly 16 hours end-to-end — 2 full workdays of television.
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ERA
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Aired from 1998 to 2003 — a 5-year run.
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WILD
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TMDB status: "Ended".
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AWARDS
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Show type: Scripted.
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CAST
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Created by C. S. Forester.
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DIRECTOR
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Airs on ITV1.
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Cinephile deep dive
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- Seasons
- 3
- Total episodes
- 8
- Avg episode length
- 120 min
- Premiered
- 1998-10-07
- Last aired
- 2003-01-06
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
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